After a long and bumpy process, the Council of Ministers has given its long-awaited green light to the Competition Bill. In its final turn, before arriving at Palazzo Chigi, it also left behind the right to a doggy bag, in addition to the crackdown on wild telemarketing extended to the telecommunications sector: according to majority sources, both will be recovered during the parliamentary process.
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Meanwhile, the reform of the fuel distribution network finally reaches its goal, after intense discussions in recent months between the government and operators, with the aim of accelerating the conversion of service stations towards electric and liquid and gaseous biofuels and rationalizing contractual arrangements.
An important step that the Minister of Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, summarizes as follows: “These rules introduce concrete tools and adequate resources to accelerate the evolution of a decisive sector for decarbonization.” A “historic turning point, a reform awaited for years for a strategic sector of our country,” according to the Minister of Business and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso.
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The fuel network
In detail, the bill approved yesterday provides for a fund of 120 million from 2028 to 2030, financed by CO2 auction revenues, to support the green conversion of stations and which will support the provision of a contribution of up to 60,000 euros, up to a maximum of 50% of the expenses incurred (reduced to 30,000 euros in internal areas), for plant owners who choose this path. A further indemnity, not exceeding 20,000 euros, will instead be ensured for those who do not continue their activity in the converted plant.
Not only that. The provision links new authorizations, issued from January 1, 2028, to the distribution of at least one other alternative energy vector to fossil fuels (electricity or hydrogen). While on the front of relations between owners and managers of sales points, among other things, a trust contract with a minimum duration of 4 years and a set of minimum guarantees is introduced. With the possibility of resorting, in the case of contractual disputes, to a panel of three experts appointed by the two interested ministries (Business and Environment), by the holder of the authorization or concession (or by the borrower), and by the managers’ associations.
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